Investigation of completed suicide and genes involved in cholesterol metabolism

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 79, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Lalovic, Aleksandra ^a   Sequeira, Adolfo ^a   DeGuzman, Rosherrie ^a   Chawky, Nadia ^a   Lesage, Alain ^b   Seguin, Monique ^b   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Completed suicide; Genetic variation; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 1542719229     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00453-6     Document Type: Article

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